Authors: Joshua Cohan

Dan MacMedan/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Time Magazine’s 2012 list of 100 most influential people in the world, released on Wednesday morning, featured a healthy mix of global leaders, artists and rebels as usual.
The ninth annual list, which is set to hit newsstands on Thursday, was compiled by editors at Time, incorporating votes from the public.
First launched in 1999, the list has included only a few repeat influential people under specific categories. Oprah Winfrey reportedly has been on the list the most, appearing nine times consecutively.
Here are some of the notable names in Time’s list:

• Adele
• Anonymous
• Warren Buffett
• Hillary Clinton
• Stephen Colbert
• Tim Cook
• Viola Davis
• Chelsea Handler
• Chen Lihua
• Jeremy Lin
• Andrew Lo
• Kate and Pippa Middleton
• Barack Obama
• Rihanna
• Sheryl Sandberg
• Tilda Swinton
• Tim Tebow
• Kristen Wiig

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